7 Days In Arts

Posted on Aug. 14, 2003 at 8:00 pm

Saturday

Jewish hipsters, get thee to a cemetery tonight. In an effort to boost young membership, Yiddishkayt L.A. has created AVADA, a new project aimed at reaching the under-35 demographic. Tonight, they host the coolest Yiddish event we've heard of in a while -- a screening of the classic Yiddish film, "The Dybbuk," at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. "It's the Yiddish 'Exorcist,'" program manager Tali Pressman, 23, said of the film. The Jewish dead man's party lineup includes a DJ at 8 p.m., with the screening beginning at 9 p.m. Bring blankets, beach chairs, food and night-vision goggles for those of you still afraid of the dark. The only light you'll have will come from the moon and the screen.
8 p.m. $8-$10. Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 692-8151.

Those looking for a new read may want to consider Lee Langley's "Distant Music." The work of romantic Jewish historical fiction begins in Portugal in 1429, and tells the love story of Emmanuel, a Jewish sailor, and Esperanca, a Catholic peasant girl. Described as "a variation on the kabbalistic phenomenon of gilgul, which allows for the reincarnation of unfulfilled souls," by Publisher's Weekly, the story spans more than 500 years of Sephardic Jewish history.
$22. www.amazon.com.

Jewish and World music fuse today and tomorrow thanks to the Skirball's Zeitgeist Festival. Tonight, it's a performance by "grandfather of Algerian pop" Maurice El Medioni with Karim Dellali on darbuka (percussion) followed by a conversation between El Medioni and Jonathan Walton (of Brit band Oi-Va-Voi) about the connections between Jewish and Arab music in North Africa.
Return tomorrow for Dis/Orient, a concert featuring El Medioni and Oi-Va-Voi, as well as classical Arabic and Andalusian musicians El-Andalus, dancer Mia Serra, DJ Max Reinhardt. The party continues with Reinhardt mixing Middle Eastern and klezmer music with dance beats well into the night.
Aug. 20, 8 p.m.; Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. (Dis/Orient), 10 p.m. (Club Night with DJ Max Reinhardt). 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 655-8587.

Thursday

Images of people hovering on amusement park swing attractions and gondolas take on deeper meaning in artist Sherry Karver's latest collection of paintings, "These Are the Good Old Days." Karver plays with shadows, light and color to evoke feelings of nostalgia, while playing with the ideas of play and flight. The works can be seen through Sept. 1 at Greenwood Chebithes Gallery.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Tuesday-Sunday). 330 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. (949) 494-0669.

Friday

Singer/songwriter Randy Newman is known for hits like "I Love L.A." and "Short People," and soundtrack songs like "I Love to See You Smile," "You've Got a Friend in Me" and "When Somebody Loved Me." He finally won an Oscar in 2002 for "If I Didn't Have You," after 15 previous nominations. Tonight, Newman shows Los Angeles the love at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
8 p.m. $25-$60. 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. (800) 300-4345.

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